(776)
¶ ffrom hennës-forth lat þere by-twixe yow be
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So vertuous a strif, [lyfe R.] for cristës sake,
That ye of pees and loue and charite
May striuë [be R.] ; lat your pite now a-wake,
That longe haþ slept; and pees bytwixt yow make;
And on þe foos of crist, your rédemptour,
Werreth! thére kitheth your vigour!
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(777)
¶ Vppon þe mescreantys to makë werre,
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And hem vnto the feith of crist to brynge,
3Good were; therynne may ye [he R.] no thyng erre,
That were a meritórye werrying; [werreying R, werryng H.]
That is the wey vn-to the conqueryng
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Of hevenes [heven R.] blyssë, that is endëles,
To which yow bryngë the [the Actour R, thauctour H.] auctour of pees. Amen!3 [3_3 In the much later hand than the rest of the poem, the same as wrote the first leaf.]
Explicit.
[THE ENVOY [See Hoccleve's Minor Poems, i. 61.] ] [from MS. Reg. 17 D vi, lf. 101 bk.—The last leaf has been torn out of Harl. 4866. Note the change of rymes.]
(778)
Olitell booke, who yafe the hardynesse
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Thy wordës to pronounce in the presence
Of kyngës Impe, and princes worthynesse,
Syn thou all naked art of eloquence?
And why approchest thou his excellence
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Vnclothed, saue thy kirtell bare allone? [Also Phillipps MS.]
I am right sure his humble pacïence
The yeueth hardynessë so to done. [to do so, Phil.]
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